Backlund 200

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Many of you are familiar with John Backlund's fantastic guitar designs, but very few have ever had the opportunity to own one - until now. We started with the Backlund 100 six months ago, it has now reached the hands of the supporters and it is getting rave reviews. Time for the next one, the Backlund 200.

You can reserve yours now for a pledge of only $200. This Special Limited Edition guitar will be ready to ship in February 2017 at a final price of only $1249 US. Each guitar will include a custom Backlund Hardshell case. Also available in LEFT-HAND

This new model will have the look and shape of the CAD line drawing - slightly different than the rendered image - with the new rounded headstock. We are revising the drawing to include the slanted neck pickup and neck heel.

Here are the specifications:

Body Material - Mahogany

Neck Material - Maple

Fingerboard Material - Maple Bolt-On

Finish - Polyurethane

Neck Shape - Soft C

Scale Length - 24 3/4"

Weight - 7 1/2 Lbs

Fingerboard Radius - 14" (350mm)

Number of Frets - 23 1/2

Fret Size - Medium Jumbo

Nut Width - 1 5/8"

Position Markers - Sharks Teeth

Neck Pickup - Custom Wound Blade type

Bridge Pickup - Custom Wound Double Coil

Pickup Switching - 5-way Blade Style

Controls - Volume, Tone

Hardware Finish - Chrome

Bridge Options - Tune-O-Matic Through Body Tail

Pickguard - Plastic with brushed metal-looking finish

Hardshell Case - INCLUDED

Comments (75)

Greg Reichner

I received my Backlund 100 this past week and it’s a true custom guitar that I can own. I’m really happy with the way the Custom Shop process works and the build quality is beautiful. The setup needed some help and I’ve been trying to figure out how to install a Stetsbar on it. It doesn’t appear possible mostly because it would intersect the lines of the design and ruin the elegance of the shape. But…maybe…the 200 would be a candidate for a tremolo suited to the beauty of it’s design? The photo shows it in black but the description doesn’t mention a color…yet. I love what y’all are doing but it’s a site that can get me in trouble…I can feel my wallet leaving my pocket to have open wallet surgery performed when I see these guitars. I guess there can be worse things in life. The Norma next then decisions decisions….

Logan

This looks absolutely beautiful. If I hadn’t just committed to buying a different custom shop guitar, and if the price tag were a smidgen lower, I would totally order this. Hopefully it makes it into the main line so I can get it some other time.

Ray

Rob

Can you do something Similar to origional headstock design… The slanted pickup and origional headstock make it look like it’s going 100 MPH standing still… Dont Like the rounded headstock…
I realize you cant Copy origional headstock but something closer would make me buy one.

Greg

August 24, 2016

Michael, just to be clear, it’s a Tele sized neck pickup, but slanted at the extreme angle shown in the original rendering of the guitar.

Will the pickup be long enough to pick up the vibrations of the low and high E strings? I thought that was the issue with the original slanted pickup… it had to be lengthened so that it could pick up the vibrations of all of the strings, otherwise a normal strat style blade pickup would have worked in it.

Now that the reviews are flowing in on the Backlund 100 and people LOVE the neck pickup there (slanted) we are going to change the Backlund 200 neck l=pickup to the same blade one from the 100 model. Yes, the look will be less “Tele” like, but tonally it will outperform any Tele.

Greg

August 29, 2016

Thanks Michael. I agree, the slanted blade pickup in the 100 is a better choice than a slanted Tele pickup. This should be very cool!

Gregory

September 2, 2016

Thanks Michael,

I’ve placed my order!
Greg

Steven

Glad to hear about the slanted neck pickup/fretboard. Headstock isn’t as nice, but doesn’t bug me. What I’d love to see, though, are locking tuners. Every previous Backlund – both USA custom and Retronix – had locking tuners. Plus, they add stability, make string-changes a breeze, and honestly don’t cost that much more. Pretty please, with locking tuners on top? 🙂

scott

Laverne

wonder if you could consider a scalloped effect on the headstock that kinda mimicks the shark fin deal. The body has such cool mojo, but then there’s that ping pong paddle headstock. The scallops in the headstock could be natural wood color.

Scott O.

Since you brought back the slanted pickup and neck heel – I AM IN!!
The closest approximation of the headstock without infringing on Copyright would be great. (Maybe less rounded?)
Thanks for listening on the angled pickup and neck heel!!

Douglas

Hi Eastwood lovers;
I’m in on this guitar too – I just got my 100 and love it. That having been said, I absolutely must say the headstock is just perfect as shown in the rendering. Lavern – you are just right. My work group designs propulsion systems for electric vehicles and every now and again we step on someone’s patent rights unintentionally. The solution is always the same – a license fee.

Michael – I would be really happy to pay $50 to 100 bucks more for this to cover the license fee to avoid the legal entanglements you site. By the way – I just love the dark blue. My best regards to all Eastwood lovers, Doug in St. Louis

Laverne

Thanks Doug. I’m 99% in on this guitar. At a minimum, the rendering should be updated to show the actual headstock. I understand the Peavey issue, and I made a vague suggestion to mimic the “barbed” effect by scalloping the contour so it’s not a big flat paddle. Hate to say it, but the Peavey Wolfgang headstock has a little of this scalloped thing at the tip of the headstock.

Misterbulbous

Chuck

I have the 100 and a 2×4 in Lefty! Love them 🙂 I am absolutely in loooove with the Backlund 400 in the blue that I have seen it in! Would love to get my hands on one of those in Lefty! Hint…hint!

Although the 200 you are offering is starting to get my attention….now that it’s offered in a Lefty!
Will wait to see where you go with the headstock design and electronics….hopefully giving it some more tonal difference from my B-100.

Great guitars
TY for the offerings in Lefty!

Joe P

Shane

Colm

I took delivery of my Lefty Backlund 100 a few weeks ago and I must have spent 30 minutes just looking at it in awe. It was absolutely exquisite to behold and a joy to play. Before the queen could start on about “another damn lefty guitar” I told her I had simply paid a very reasonable price for a beautiful piece of art that, unlike her stupid Jimmy Choo shoes, I could also play and get so much pleasure from. I said it was a wise investment for the family. Then I played it for an hour, and immediately went online and ordered a lefty Backlund 200 —another brilliant investment by me in the future well being of the clan.

This is my 4th EGCS custom lefty and my 7th Airline/ Eastwood guitar overall. NOBODY takes care of lefties like Eastwood / Airline. Prices are fair, quality is fantastic and getting better with every new model delivered. I had a slight hiccup in the ordering process and Mike, Peter and the team were all over it and solved it to absolute satisfaction. Whilst awaiting the Norma 4 pickup model’s arrival, I just wanna say I absolutely love Eastwood’s Custom Shop.

Bill

I jumped on board for a Lefty 200 myself! Been drooling over the 100 for a while, but wanted to wait for the feedback. Now I’m sure to grab that too!! The one thing I missed about the 200 is the change in headstock?? Where is that written?? I was drawn to the 200 model pictured because everything looked like it went together. I really would have liked to see the finished cad drawing with the change, before pulling the trigger on this. Hope it stays close to the picture!! Now off to score that Red Lefty 100!!!! 😉

Steve

Not for nothing, but I recently.picked up a Bruce Bennett-built USA JBD-200 (and yes, I’m also in for the Eastwood version). The original headstock does look cool, but that first little cutout does get in the way just a little bit sometimes when sliding down or playing in 1st position. Nothing major, to be sure, but sometimes, good form doesn’t always equate to good function. Just throwing that out there. I, too, wouldn’t mind seeing a bit more character in this version’s headstock :).

Bill

Well Guy’s, I couldn’t help myself, and ordered the Backlund 100. Colm got to me, when he said ” I must have spent 30 minutes just looking at it in awe ” That was the straw that did it,,,lol
And a Big Thanks to Jerry, at Jerry’s Lefty Guitars!!! Love that Guy! I’ve a few guitars from him over the years, and will keep going to him, until Gibson starts sending me my Signature guitars!! Bra ha ha 😉

Frank Ferraro

Anthony

This guitar is really lightweight and fun to play. I received my Backlund 200 Lefty (blue) and is one of my favorite guitars! I also own a Backlund 100 and that has it’s own special qualities that I like very much. Besides great sounding they are awesomely designed as I am a stickler for really cool, uniquely designed guitars!

Michael Robinson

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